Chapter 178: The Value of the Remuneration
There is a very strange phenomenon in the film and television industry, the evaluation in the industry is not very proportional to the reputation outside the industry, to put it simply, many people may not be able to shout their names when they are really acting in front of the camera.
Now, because of the performances in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" and "Murder Hunting", Gan Jing has such a trend, which is also related to his reluctance to accept media interviews.
So far, Gan Jing has been on the variety show "Actor", won the fourth golden song, won the best screenwriter, won the best supporting actress, and harvested 200 million box office, and the exposure space he can operate is quite large.
It's just that although there are also interviews and interviews, Gan Jing deliberately controls the appearance of this aspect.
If he can choose, he prefers that he will only appear in front of the audience with his works - of course this is impossible, the operating rules of the film and television industry and the entertainment industry will gradually make the things that the public like to see gradually appear.
And like producer Hu Zhuo once again used a way of asking firefighters to be regarded as a way of interpersonal communication in the circle, he may not be able to find someone else to replace him, but either because of the factor of "Infernal Affairs" or out of friendship and affection, Hu Zhuo opened his mouth, and Gan Jing was not easy to refuse.
Recently, there are more salted fish, and Gan Jing feels that trying it can also improve the quality of life and mental health.
The script has not been sent, and the salary for the two-week shooting schedule will be negotiated at most.
Actually, I didn't talk about it, Hu Zhuo directly gave a price of two million, and Gan Jing happily agreed.
This price is much higher than the small supporting role in the last cameo in "Murder Hunting", and it also represents the industry's recognition of his acting skills.
On November 8, two days after Hu Zhuo contacted him, Gan Jing received the script for "Deadly".
Because it was a simple communication on the phone before, he knew that he was going to play a villain role with a revenge nature, and now that he got the script, Gan Jing found that it was actually the actor who was more revenge.
The main line of "Fatal" is a story of revenge, the background of the era is placed in a modern city, and the era is not very clear in the script, but from the perspective of gangsters, companies, and assassinations, this is a foreign story.
There is no black astringent society in Huaxia, it's as simple as that.
Gan Jing pondered for a moment the background set up for the purpose of passing the review of the movie, and after carefully flipping through it, he still saw that there was a passing note that pointed out that the story took place in the neighboring city of Saigon.
Since it is Saigon, this time should be before 1975, because now the name is changed to Ho Chi Minh City.
Gan Jing just read the five-page script and put it down and started to look up information on the computer, he likes to understand the background more thoroughly, but he doesn't know anything about Saigon except for the time before and after the name change.
Half an afternoon passed, and Gan Jing continued to pick up the script and began to read through it with a little confidence.
The main plot line is not complicated, different families were born in this city that gathered a lot of Chinese blood, and the protagonist's family was attracted by another family's backlash and foreign enemies led to the fall.
As an illegitimate child, the protagonist watched the family collapse when he was a child, and when he was a little older, he was secretly taken care of by his old friends in the bottom of the family, and he grew up hard, and he embarked on the road of revenge, with three goals, hostile families, foreign forces, and gangsters.
Then, the villain Gan Jing appeared.
As a gangster, Gan Jing is the fourth in command in the gang, and after discovering the identity of the protagonist, he silently concealed clues from above, and then used the knife of the protagonist's revenge to first slaughter the second-in-command, and finally witnessed the protagonist kill the first-in-command and successfully reached the top.
said that he was a villain, it was because Gan Jing was a member of the gang.
said that it was revenge, it was because Gan Jing put his hatred for the boss in his heart and turned it into forbearance.
In the evening, Gan Jing finished reading the script and habitually began to think about how to make this movie.
The main story line of this "Fatal" is not complicated, but there are more characters in the scene, and the division of forces is also relatively chaotic, so it doesn't look like it's easy to shoot clearly, especially if it is mixed with the protagonist "Romeo and Juliet"-style love, he likes the women of rival families.
The most noteworthy thing is that it is not easy for such a subject to be recognized in the film market.
Gan Jing doesn't even need to look at the data to know that this kind of work is even more unpopular than the police and bandit theme.
So, this is a movie that is used to win awards?
Gan Jing re-flipped the message sent by producer Hu Zhuo, the director is a commercial director with a good reputation, the male actor is a second-tier actor, and the heroine is a third-tier actor.
The heroine is still an acquaintance, Liu Liwen, the two of them performed on the same stage on the variety show "Actor" before, and later, she successfully won the championship.
Gan Jing flipped through the script casually, a little confused in his heart, could it be that this director wants to blossom in both business and awards? But with such a script, it may not be possible, looking at the production cost is not small, and the budget of 50 million Chinese yuan is enough to shoot a "Infernal Affairs" by himself.
Flipping the script, thinking about the plot, and pondering the characters, Gan Jing fell asleep when Ling Cheng arrived that night.
The next day, he accompanied his daughter to think twice about it and spent half a day of brainless fun on Saturday before continuing to study the character he was going to play.
What should a vengeful gang four-in-command look like?
Gloomy mind, brave and aggressive, and masculine?
At the very least, as the fourth-in-command of a gang, this role must have a style of acting in the process that is not shown by the movie, but there is not much discussion in the script, and this kind of interpretation relies more on the actor's own play.
This is also the value of the two million salary, and the director wants to be brilliant and it's over.
Gan Jing feels that it is not difficult to perform brilliantly, the difficult thing is that it can fit the movie and be impressive, this role must have the vanity and grievances of facing the gang boss, the use of the protagonist to borrow a knife to kill people, the heroic style of buying off his subordinates, and the desperate mood of taking risks.
If you can simply express these points, then the whole character can almost be more distinct.
Is it hard?
It's not hard.
The difficult thing is, do the lines of the script have to be moved a little?
Gan Jing felt that he should say hello to the producer Hu Zhuo first, and the salary would not be refunded.
"Producer Hu, I said that I would join the group on Monday, but tomorrow I want to have a meal with the director first, can you arrange it?"
"Okay, no problem, I'll decide, Director Wu is a person who respects the ideas of actors, and as long as the script is good, it's okay. ”
"Huh?" Gan Jing was stunned.
"Isn't it going to be scripted?" asked Hu Zhuo.
"Yes......"
"Hmm. ”